Example sentences of "with [pron] [det] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It supplied him with nothing less than the key to a fresh overall grasp of theology which was able to cope with the most serious challenges proffered in the previous century . |
| 2 | The Open University freaks have taken so many short cuts that they are rudderless ships on that same deep ocean which you , most probably , crossed with nothing more than a paddle or ragged bit of sail under a stiff breeze and with a lively brain . |
| 3 | I defy anyone to enter upon altered states of reality with nothing more than a bottle of Trumper 's shampoo and an almost-empty tube of Guerlain 's Habit Rouge face balm . |
| 4 | Each chariot is drawn by two fine Elven steeds and carries a single Tiranoc noble who controls the chariot with nothing more than a spoken word . |
| 5 | With nothing more than a saw , pocket knife and file he resolved how to let just the right amount of ink out and air in , and made a fountain pen to his own design . |
| 6 | Together , the Big Five laid the foundations of the distinctive Scottish systems of a small number of large banks with extensive networks , as opposed to say the English pattern of thousands of small banks with nothing more than a local presence . |
| 7 | Parents see relationships as the most important aspect of primary schooling and marketing has much to do with relationships , it simply starts with nothing more than an insistence on common courtesy — or is it more like uncommon courtesy ? |
| 8 | Robin Knox-Johnson has recently been honoured at the Silk Cut Awards for his seamanship in navigating his yacht Suhali one way across the Atlantic with nothing more than an astrolabe , a cross-staff and a lot of skill , and then back without a mast , engine , radio or compass after a battering in a series of storms . |
| 9 | What was more , the Substitute gave the impression that he could cope with any third party interference , at any level , with nothing more than the pursed lips and flicker of amusement with which he seemed to regard everything that went on around him . |
| 10 | He would make occasional forays into the United States or films , but Lynn 's only real home was in Aldwych farces as part of the Travers team which ran triumphantly into the 1930s , and he stayed with them , creating and recreating the role of the silly ass forever working his way out of impossible situations , often armed with nothing more than the famous monocle , a daft grin , and an apparently inexhaustible ability to triumph over adversity by the sheer idiocy of his own imagination . |
| 11 | Since she was abandoned by her husband — under Ugandan Native Law a man can freely acquire other wives — Mrs Kizza has had to support nine children with nothing more than the 1,500/ ( £1 ) a week she earns from serving in a bookshop . |
| 12 | He had n't even used force , holding her with nothing more than the subtle movement of his mouth on hers . |
| 13 | Fate had thrown them together , but eventually their paths would separate , leaving her with nothing more than the memory of a powerful body pressed close and warm against her own . |
| 14 | Most entertainers give out cards with their own or the agency 's phone number on it . |
| 15 | Horace is a highly allusive poet ; names of personages real and mythical fill the Odes , and nearly always with something more than a merely decorative intent . |
| 16 | She had grown heavier in her enforced stillness , her body was ripe and full that had been so slender , and moved with something less than the old negligent grace . |
| 17 | He cupped her head in one hand and massaged her lips with his own till the blood pulsed into them . |
| 18 | But with anything less than a gale the house filled with smoke and the door had to be opened . |
| 19 | We ca n't send Karen to the boring Isle of Man with anything less than a nineteen-carat hangover , can we ? ’ |
| 20 | Under his direction , the Ulster Constitution Defence Committee maintained its traditional line that O'Neill was not responding to the legitimate demands of a disadvantaged section of the population , but giving in to the demands of rebels who would never be satisfied with anything less than the destruction of Northern Ireland . |
| 21 | And if your skin is at all fair or sensitive , you should n't start off with anything less than an SPF 15 suncream. remember there are two kinds of rays from the sun — UVB rays which work on the skin surface and can burn , and UVA , the deeply penetrating rays which damage and age the skin . |
| 22 | The prince , who took his force into Wales from Chester in good tight order , and at every mile ensured his lines behind him , was on his guard against his own instinctive enthusiasm as well as against Welsh armies , and knew enough about them by this time to feel no surprise that he should probe ever more deeply and carefully into North Wales , and never touch hands with anything more than a darting patrol , gone almost as soon as sighted . |